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=Welcome to MYP5 World Music Wiki!=

__Unit Question: What use is art in the community and for the community?__

Aims of this wiki:

 * =====Sharing information between students who are researching different areas=====
 * =====Building up a larger database=====
 * =====To find connections between cultures, countries and musics=====

Assessments during this unit:
WRITTEN: History and Culture. Compare and contrast two countries musical heritage. Discuss traditional verses contemporary music, how expressions are communicated, where events take place, when events use music, who in the community is involved in music making, what instruments, and elements of music are used, what elements of culture (politics, poverty, war) have affected or do affect their music making DISPLAY: Expression. Create a model to demonstrate musical expression around the world. Consider how expressions are communicated, where events take place, when events use music, who in the community is involved in music making, what instruments, and elements of music are used. Support your model with labels, diagrams or posters, and accompany it with an audio track PERFORMANCE: Entertainment. Learn parts to a Salsa/ piece (Lambada) and perform as a group RESEARCH: Religious music. Research religious music around the world. Create a scientific experiment (using the scientific method) to discover the effects of world religious music on Western ears.
 * **//Criteria A –//** **//demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the art form studied in relation to societal, cultural, historical and personal contexts//**
 * **//Criteria B – apply skills, techniques and processes to create, perform and/or present art;//**
 * **//Criteria D – be receptive to art practices and artworks from various cultures, including their own;//**